The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones

The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones
Studio album by Quincy Jones
Released	1959
Recorded	November 4 & 9, 1959 Fine Recording, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Label	Mercury MG 20561
Quincy Jones chronology
The Birth of a Band! (1959) The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (1959) I Dig Dancers (1960)

The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones is an album led by composer, conductor and arranger Quincy Jones released on the Mercury label.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
Allmusic

The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow called it "a top-notch bop-oriented big band".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Lester Leaps In" (Lester Young) - 3:33
2. "Ghana" (Ernie Wilkins) - 4:36
3. "Caravan" (Juan Tizol, Duke Ellington, Irving Mills) - 3:28
4. "Everybody's Blues" (Wilkins) - 4:13
5. "Cherokee (Indian Love Song)" (Ray Noble) - 3:05
6. "Air Mail Special" (Benny Goodman, Charlie Christian, Jimmy Mundy) - 2:33
7. "They Say It's Wonderful" (Irving Berlin) - 3:21
8. "Chant of the Weed" (Don Redman) - 3:14
9. "I Never Has Seen Snow" (Harold Arlen, Truman Capote) - 3:08
10. "Eesom" (Bill Potts) - 5:04

Personnel

• Quincy Jones - conductor
• Art Farmer, Lennie Johnson, Jimmy Maxwell, Lee Morgan, Ernie Royal, Nick Travis - trumpet
• Billy Byers, Jimmy Cleveland, Urbie Green, Frank Rehak - trombone
• Julius Watkins - French horn
• Porter Kilbert, Phil Woods - alto saxophone
• Budd Johnson - tenor saxophone
• Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo
• Sahib Shihab - baritone saxophone
• Patti Bown - piano
• Les Spann - guitar, flute
• Buddy Jones, Buddy Catlett - bass
• Don Lamond - drums
• Ralph Burns (track 8), Al Cohn (tracks 6 & 7), Bill Potts (tracks 3, 9 & 10), Ernie Wilkins (tracks 1, 2, 4 & 5) - arranger

References

1. Mercury Records Catalog accessed October 21, 2015
2. Yanow, Scott. The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 21, 2015.